Friday, October 31, 2008

Spending 6 months Trying to get 2 doctors to talk

Writing a bit out of frustration. I have been trying for 6 months to get Dr. Luthra and Dr. Arceci to speak. Dr. Luthra feels Arceci should contact him and Arceci feels Luthra should contact him.

Tried to schedule in office appointment John Hopkins with Arceci and get the feeling that they are putting me off because he doesn't want to be perceived as stealing another Dr's patient. I called his secratary M,W,F of this week. Called back every day he said to call back and he should know more about Arceci's schedule. Each time he puts me off even more.

Now starting to get bills from John Hopkins and nothing but speaking in generalities. Really starting to wear on me. I have put my treatment on hold to get more advice and it has been a total waste of time.

I don't know what to do.

I have hernia surgery scheduled for Nov 19th. Dr. I saw in June never called me back. Schedulular "I called you for 2 weeks straight" and the call woulnd't go through. COME ON! Phrase of the season, "ARE YOU SERIOUS!" Gime-a-break!

On a much better note my wife and I started the IVF process this month. Or should I say she started it. 3 weeks of shots sometimes 3 a day, lots of discomfort, retrieval, and we have 12 fertilized eggs at the clinic as of today. I ofcourse have given the short version. The fact is this was a difficult process for my wife. She handled everything so well. I am very proud of her. She's amazing. We are hoping for implantation Sunday or Day 3 which would be less expensive otherwise we will have to go Day 5 or Tue of next week. We are super excited. Kindof tempored because we have to keep a close watch on her in case of hyperstimulation. So far she has been doing pretty good. Lots of water, low sodium, some more pills. I think I ask her how she is feeling about every 20 min. I'm probably getting old.